sillon

\si.jɔ̃\

/\si.jɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sillon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,096
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tranchée que le soc, le coutre de la charrue ouvre dans la terre qu’on laboure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sillon · sillon · French

sillon · rank #22,096 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,096
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH simultanée

Nearest frequency peer: simultanée (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sillon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sillon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sillon vs Sion
50% similar
sillon vs silo
67% similar
sillon vs sinon
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sillon
PropertyValue
Headwordsillon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.jɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,096
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sillon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sillonse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « simultanée » (#22,097), « seven » (#22,094), « singer » (#22,098). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sillon » est au #22,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sillon (IPA \si.jɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,096 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sillon, with forms such as "isllon", "sillno", and "sillonn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Sion", "silo", "sinon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sillon, spelled S-I-L-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tranchée que le soc, le coutre de la charrue ouvre dans la terre qu’on laboure.
  2. 2
    Propriété foncière.
  3. 3
    Trace laissée en passant.
  4. 4
    Microsillon.
  5. 5
    Sillon horaire.
  6. 6
    Ride.
  7. 7
    Raie, strie.
  8. 8
    Fente, rainure.
  9. 9
    Longue et étroite dépression.
  10. 10
    Chemin ; carrière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce soc est fort petit, et le coutre qui ne fait qu’écorcher la terre , pour ainsi dire ; à mesure que les sillons sont tirés, les laboureurs rompent les mottes avec de grosses maillottes de bois.
  2. Faire son sillon, tracer son sillon, faire l’ouvrage qu’on est tenu de faire, qu’on s’est imposé l’obligation de faire chaque jour.

This word in other languages

furrow(English)surco(Español)Falte(Deutsch)calha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isllon
  • sillno
  • sillonn
  • siloln
  • silon
  • slilon
  • ssillon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sillon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

isllon2sillno2sillonn1siloln2silon1slilon2ssillon1
Edit distance from "sillon"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sillon"?
"sillon" is spelled S-I-L-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \si.jɔ̃\.
What does "sillon" mean?
As a noun, "sillon" means: Tranchée que le soc, le coutre de la charrue ouvre dans la terre qu’on laboure.
What words are commonly confused with "sillon"?
"sillon" is commonly confused with "Sion", "silo", "sinon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sillon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sillon" is \si.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sillon" come from?
"sillon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sillon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

singer#22,098sentis#22,092seller#22,091rêvais#22,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

seven7 variantssteel7 variantsrosée7 variantsRodez7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list